Hello and welcome to NewsHour live from the BBC World Service in London.
I'm Rebecca Kesby.
A political row has erupted in Kenya following comments made by the president, William Ruto,
in which he told police officers to shoot protesters targeting businesses in the legs.
We'll hear the full comments in a moment.
But they come after a week of violent street protests against his government.
Protesters angry at the poverty in the country,
the lack of employment opportunities and perceived government corruption have continued to take to the streets and have been met by force by the Kenyans.
authorities.
Well, 31 people were killed on Monday.
At least 100 injured and more than 500 arrested after clashes.
That's according to the Kenyan Human Rights Commission.
The Kenyan police issued different figures saying that only 11 people had been killed.
But there have been multiple allegations from protesters of police brutality and excessive force.
Ann Nyawira told journalists her son was trying to avoid the unrest when he was shot dead.
We'd spoken that morning and he told me, I'll stay inside.
I won't go to the protests because I'd asked where he was.
He even told me he'd just stay at home.
He said, listen, there's not even any noise where I am.
Then he was shot on his way from his house to mine.